Warming-Resistant Corals from the Gulf of Aqaba Live Close to Their Cold-Water Bleaching Threshold (IMAGE)
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In the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, corals have exceptionally high tolerance to increasing seawater temperatures resulting from global warming. However, climate change will also result in more variable weather patterns, including extreme cold periods.
Researchers from Israel's Bar-Ilan University and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science in Eilat now demonstrate that a winter even 1°C cooler than average results in a physiological stress response similar to that seen in other corals under heat stress, detailing how perilously close they live to their lower temperature threshold.
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Prof. Maoz Fine, Bar-Ilan University
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